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    The surname Branning

    A surname, carried by 1,306 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B655

    Branning: #20,348 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Branning #20,348, 1,306 people Branning: #20,348 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Branning #20,348, 1,306 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Branning is more common than 87.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,306 people named Branning in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 236,405 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,297.

    #20,348
    rank among US surnames
    1,306
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #19,328)

    Who is named Branning

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    97% of people named Branning identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Branning

    Branning has the Soundex code B655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B655.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Branning?
    1,306 people in the United States had the surname Branning in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,405 Americans. It ranked 20,348th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Branning?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Branning identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Branning getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,297 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,306 in 2010, up 0.7%.